Quotes About Film

Film is a living, breathing thing. It's very delicate, and you have to listen and watch for what it tells you.

Telly and films has been my thing, not necessarily by choice, and if the right piece of theatre came along, I would jump at it.

I don't think telly actors are inferior to Bollywood stars in any way.

That's why I won't direct film or telly. I can't do those early mornings anymore. I will only direct theatre because that starts at nine in the morning.

Having done movies in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi, I have been accepted both in North and down South. I don't believe in divisions. I like to believe that I am working in the Indian film industry.

My first Telugu film 'Krishna' became a super duper hit and since then there was no looking back.

Should I be offered the right kind of script, I will be doing a straight Telugu film.

I was born and brought up in Chennai, as the entire Telugu film industry was based there.

The fact that I did a Tamil film is going to help me a lot in learning Telugu.

'Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi' has a very nice subject which I think could be remade into a Hindi film. It was my first film in Telugu for which I got Filmfare Award for the best actress.

'Baahubali's success augurs well for the Telugu film industry as a whole. It has opened up new markets.

I so wish my dad was alive to see me do a Hindi film after acting in six Telugu movies. I sometimes imagine him giving me feedback on my work. But I derive strength from knowing he is watching over me.

One day, I went to meet a film producer and entered the wrong flat. It was a casting agency, and they suggested that I audition for a four-hero Telugu film. I was confirmed a month later. Interestingly, it's not easy down South for a newcomer to bag positive roles, but I was adamant.

It was when I was shooting for a Telugu film in Hyderabad when director Meher Ramesh approached me for 'Veera Kannadiga.' I was game to explore a new language and said yes.

Honestly, and seriously, I know I have to do a Telugu film. It was my grandmother's dream to see me in a Telugu film before she died. I couldn't fulfil her dream before she passed away, but I don't want to let go of it, either.

I have worked in Telugu films. I found Bengali easier and sweeter than Telugu.

When I got a Telugu film, it happened out of the blue.

Telugu audiences love cinema. They won't let a good film down, and they've proved this with the way they accepted 'Srimanthudu.'

I find the working pattern to be the same in Bollywood as well as Tollywood. Especially because most directors of photography from the Telugu industry operate in Bollywood, too.

In Bollywood, you have to do one film at a time, and there are no mixed schedules. And doing four films at a time is out of the question. Telugu film industry works very differently. But the kind of films I'm getting here are better than what I've been offered in Bollywood.

I am an actress. My first film was a Telugu film, my second film was Bollywood, and third was Indo-Chinese.

I am very happy to have debuted in Telugu with a film like 'Guru.'

I was eight years old when I was offered a film. And before I knew it, I was acting in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu movies.

I played a biker in one of my earliest films in Telugu, 'Mr Perfect.'